New York A 2597: Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax
Status: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (as of 2026-01-07)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2597
Sponsors: Christopher Eachus, Jerett Gandolfo, Joe DeStefano, Keith Brown, Steve Stern, Vivian Cook
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A02597 Summary: BILL NOA02597   SAME ASSAME AS S02044   SPONSOREachus (MS)   COSPNSRCook, Stern, DeStefano, Gandolfo, Brown K   MLTSPNSRMcDonough, Paulin   Amd §800, Tax L   Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax. Go to top A02597 Actions: BILL NOA02597   01/21/2025referred to ways and means 01/07/2026referred to ways and means Go to topA02597 Committee Votes: Go to topA02597 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA02597 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2597 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, COOK, STERN, DeSTEFANO, GANDOLFO, K. BROWN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the exemption of community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transporta- tion mobility tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (b) of section 800 of the tax 2 law, as added by section 1 of part YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2015, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 (4) Any eligible educational institution. An "eligible educational 5 institution" shall mean any public school district, a board of cooper- 6 ative educational services, a public elementary or secondary school, a 7 school approved pursuant to article eighty-five or eighty-nine of the 8 education law to serve students with disabilities of school age, [or] a 9 nonpublic elementary or secondary school that provides instruction in 10 grade one or above, or a community college, all public library systems 11 as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred seventy-two of the 12 education law, and all public and free association libraries as such 13 terms are defined in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-three 14 of the education law. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05684-01-5 Go to top • Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps
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